Parents of Israeli hostage slain by Hamas welcome baby boy born from egg frozen 25 years ago

These parents were delivered a miracle scripted in heaven.Nearly three years after Hamas terrorists abducted their son Almog on Oct.7 and killed him in captivity 11 months later, Nira and Yigal Sarusi have welcomed a baby boy — thanks to a medical procedure made possible by eggs frozen a quarter-century ago, and what the grieving parents call divine intervention.Little Lavi was born on Yom Kippur, just two weeks before the third anniversary of Israel’s darkest day, when Hamas terrorists kidnapped his brother, then 26, from the Nova music festival.Despite his own gunshot wounds, the civil engineering student stayed behind to help his injured girlfriend Shahar, who was later killed.He planned to propose the following year. “It’s a true miracle,” Yigal told The Post, adding that as life was cruelly stolen, new life can miraculously emerge – a testament that evil will not win.

“It’s all from God,” the 60-year-old said.The hope the Sarusis held for 331 agonizing days that their “hero” son would return home alive was dashed when Hamas executed Almog and five other hostages.He, Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg Polin and four others were slain deep inside the bowels of Gaza in a Rafah tunnel in August 2024 just moments before the IDF was closing in on their rescue.

They would become known as “The Beautiful Six.”Haunting images of the inconsolable parents at Almog’s funeral were seared into the soul of the country.While mourning their son — the oldest of four children — the Sarusis remembered eggs frozen some 25 years earlier as part of a medical procedure and, with the blessing of their remaining children, decided to pursue surrogacy.But the Ra’anana-based couple kept their journey private.“We didn’t talk about it because we didn’t know if it would succeed,” Yigal said, noting they endured a few failed rounds.“But he’s 100% ours.”Lavi is “lion” in Hebrew, and that’s exactly what this miracle child represents for the b...